Corporate Communications

Enlarged view: CC communication channels

The Corporate Communications (CC) office manages ETH Zurich’s strategic communication. It acts as a link between ETH and the public, representing the university’s interests, issues and values to both internal and external audiences and maintaining a professional and uniform corporate identity for ETH.

CC organisational structure

ETH Zurich is the first university in Switzerland to produce all of its central communications in a newsroom: Corporate Communications began working within this structure on 1 September 2016, with its various communications activities newly organised into two teams. Corporate Communications staff are proven communications professionals with in-depth specialist knowledge and years of professional experience.

Head of Corporate Communications

Corporate Communications is headed by Rainer Borer.

Administration team

The administration team supports CC’s business operations and ensures the smooth running of the unit. Controlling, accounting, purchasing, HR administration and supporting the Head of Corporate Communications fall under the team’s remit. They also manage infrastructure operation and maintenance, IT coordination in particular.

The team also takes care of translation coordination and responds to all external and internal communication enquiries.

Head of Corporate Communications

internal page Borer, Rainer

Administration team

The Content Team designs and develops Corporate Communications’ essential content and provides it for use on the department’s communications channels. The team is the first point of contact at CC, building and maintaining networks among the University’s academic departments, institutes, competence centres and administration.

Team leaders

Team members

Consulting mandates: these are your Downloadcontact persons (PDF, 99 KB) (document in German)

Corporate Communications reports directly to the President of ETH Zurich.

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